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Tim Peake and space station crew mates return to Earth

18 June 2016 Astronomy Now

Live coverage of the Expedition 47 mission on the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Coverage from our colleagues at Spaceflight Now. Follow them on Twitter.

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See the International Space Station above the eclipsed Moon on 16 July

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The serene beauty of the International Space Station gliding silently across the sky needs nothing more than the naked eye to appreciate. But when the dazzling ISS is also in conjunction with a partially eclipsed Moon, Saturn and Jupiter on the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s launch, be sure to look low in the southeast through south around 10:06pm BST on 16 July 2019!

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News Headlines

  • See all the planets in January
    16 January 2023
  • Frank Drake, SETI pioneer, 1930–2022
    3 September 2022
  • Webb images of Jupiter show auroras, rings, moons
    24 August 2022
  • Webb: Stellar nursery in Carina
    12 July 2022
  • Webb: a ringside seat to galactic mergers and interactions
    12 July 2022
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